What do I know about cybersafety?It is a form of bullying when you use a type of electronic such as a text or an email. It is a type of bullying when you don’t talk to them face to face or physically hurt them. Have I presented material about cybersafety before? No I have not presented material about cybersafety. Do I understand what I haveto do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity? Yes I understand what I have to do. What skills and knowledge will I be using? I will use all the skills I have learnt from the teachers and my knowledge of ithe computer and gimp.
Identify What is the task?
What do I want to accomplish in creating a poster? How do I want to interest others in my topic? Do I want to present an informative poster that can be used as a reference? Do I want to present a warning poster that alerts people to danger? Or some combination of those goals? The things I want to accomplish in creating this poster is to tell people that you can’t trust anything on the internet and I hope they learn something from it. I will make it interesting by having a poster that catches there eye which they will want to read. Yes I want to give some information to people reading it. I want to present a poster that shows them mhat they should do and what they should’nt do. What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on cybersafety? I will need to research some information about what can happen if you give personal information, I will need to use a camera to take pictures. Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students? Teachers and students will be looking at my work. I can appeeal my work to other students by having font and a good layout to catch their eye. Are there examples of cybersafety posters or materials that I can look at? Yes there are some in the class and the teacher can show us some. What are the obstacles? What problems may happen? I won’t be able to do the things I want to on Gimp. Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? Draw some rough ideas for posters. Yes I have drawn one.
Generate How many ideas can I think of?
List as many ideas as possible. To provide information for people to look at if they need it, help with online bulling, don’t take the risk of putting personal information online What aspects of cybersafety interest me? What would I want to see on a poster? I want to put tips on my poster that can help you on the internet. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea. People will think that the tips are good or bad Are there any other subjects to consider? No I like the one I choose What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with? Google images and the movie our teacher showed us. What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea? Yes they think that it will be helpful to look at.
Decide Which is the best idea?
Which are the best ideas? Prioritise the 3-5 best ideas. Putting information for people to look at, telling them what they should do and what the shouldn’t Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea? It will give people a good example of what to do. Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal? Giving good information that people will understand. What is my plan? What are the steps to follow? How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones? Possible list of steps: ·Research and gather material about my subject. ·Revise material and compose text for poster. ·Create graphics. ·Take pictures. Edit pictures. ·Assemble text and images into poster. ·Review poster and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
TASC Process
Questions to consider
Implement Let’s do it!
Am I making progress through the plan? Yes everything is going to plan and it is working out well Am I doing this correctly? You may need to review your goal for this activity. Yes I think I am doing it right.
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. No I do not need to revise my plan because everything is working out well.
Am I satisfied with the text/graphics/pictures that I have created? Yes I am very happy what I have done.
Evaluate How well did I do?
Did I complete the task as originally set out? Did I solve the problem? I had to solve some problems because I needed to work on it. Is the text as interesting or informative as intended? Yes I think it is. Are the graphics and images appealing? Yes I think they are quite appealing. What have I done really well? Is there anything that stands out as particularly good? I think that my title turned out well because it is on a dark background and the writing is light. Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything? I need to rotate my picture Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the poster ready to be shown to others? Yes the things I need to do are to big.
Communicate Let’s tell someone!
(You may have answered some of these questions early on during the planning stages.) Who can I tell? Who is my audience? My audience are the people in my class, teacher and other students. What is the best way to present this to my audience? By putting it up on walls so they can see it. How do I interest other students in my particular subject? Because if they need help with it or need tips they can look at my poster. Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students? Yes I think I did.
Learn from experience What have I learned?
If I had to start this activity all over again, how would I improve my performance? Would I change my work habits? Would I use a different subject or different design? Would I only make small changes? I would carefully read the instructions and do the things I need to on the pictures before I go onto the next thing. How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task? I think that I have improved well. Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information? Yes I have learnt a lot of good tips. Can I use that elsewhere? Yes when I want to join a new website. How has my thinking changed as a result of this work? I have thought very positive and encouraged myself to do it well. What skills have I learned and developed? How to use nearly all the tools on gimp. Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities? Yes for any things on the computer. What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome? When you go onto a new thing on gimp can’t go back and change things. I had to do the things right after. How did I use the strengths of others to help me? I asked them of what they thought of my poster.
TASC Process
General Questions
Gather/Organise What do I know about this?
What do I know about the topic? Have I encountered anything like this before? What questions can I ask to help me understand what is required? What skills and knowledge will I be using?
Identify What is the task?
What am I trying to do? What are my goals? What do I need in order to do this? Explain the task in your own words Investigate some examples. What are the obstacles? Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? How will I know that I have completed the task?
Generate How many ideas can I think of?
List as many ideas as possible. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea. Is there another way to do this? What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with? What do other people think about this?
Decide Which is the best idea?
Which are the most important ideas? Prioritise the 3-5 best ideas. Explain your reasons for choosing these. What the arguments for and against each idea? Which idea is the best one for completing the task? What is my plan? How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones?
Implement Let’s do it!
Am I making progress through the plan? Am I doing this correctly?
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan.
Evaluate How well did I do?
Did I complete the task as set originally set out? Did I solve the problem? What have I done? What have I done really well? Could I have done it better? What areas need improvement? Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others?
Communicate Let’s tell someone!
Who can I tell? Who is my audience? What is the best way to present this to my audience? What should I say to ensure my audience understands? How do I interest my audience in my ideas? Do I have the right information to get my message across to my audience?
Learn from experience What have I learned?
How would I do this again? What would I change to improve my performance? How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task? What knowledge have I learned? Can this knowledge be used elsewhere? How has my thinking changed as a result of this work? What skills have I learned and developed? Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities? What problems did I have to solve? How did I use the strengths of others to help me?
Part One – Planning
What do I know about this?
Have I presented material about cybersafety before? No I have not presented material about cybersafety.
Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity? Yes I understand what I have to do.
What skills and knowledge will I be using? I will use all the skills I have learnt from the teachers and my knowledge of ithe computer and gimp.
What is the task?
What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on cybersafety? I will need to research some information about what can happen if you give personal information, I will need to use a camera to take pictures.
Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students? Teachers and students will be looking at my work. I can appeeal my work to other students by having font and a good layout to catch their eye.
Are there examples of cybersafety posters or materials that I can look at? Yes there are some in the class and the teacher can show us some.
What are the obstacles? What problems may happen? I won’t be able to do the things I want to on Gimp.
Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? Draw some rough ideas for posters. Yes I have drawn one.
How many ideas can I think of?
What aspects of cybersafety interest me? What would I want to see on a poster? I want to put tips on my poster that can help you on the internet.
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea. People will think that the tips are good or bad
Are there any other subjects to consider? No I like the one I choose
What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with? Google images and the movie our teacher showed us.
What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea? Yes they think that it will be helpful to look at.
Which is the best idea?
Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea? It will give people a good example of what to do.
Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal? Giving good information that people will understand.
What is my plan? What are the steps to follow?
How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones?
Possible list of steps:
· Research and gather material about my subject.
· Revise material and compose text for poster.
· Create graphics.
· Take pictures. Edit pictures.
· Assemble text and images into poster.
· Review poster and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
Let’s do it!
Am I doing this correctly? You may need to review your goal for this activity. Yes I think I am doing it right.
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. No I do not need to revise my plan because everything is working out well.
Am I satisfied with the text/graphics/pictures that I have created? Yes I am very happy what I have done.
How well did I do?
Is the text as interesting or informative as intended? Yes I think it is.
Are the graphics and images appealing? Yes I think they are quite appealing.
What have I done really well? Is there anything that stands out as particularly good? I think that my title turned out well because it is on a dark background and the writing is light.
Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything? I need to rotate my picture
Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the poster ready to be shown to others? Yes the things I need to do are to big.
Let’s tell someone!
Who can I tell? Who is my audience? My audience are the people in my class, teacher and other students.
What is the best way to present this to my audience? By putting it up on walls so they can see it.
How do I interest other students in my particular subject? Because if they need help with it or need tips they can look at my poster.
Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students? Yes I think I did.
What have I learned?
How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task? I think that I have improved well.
Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information? Yes I have learnt a lot of good tips.
Can I use that elsewhere? Yes when I want to join a new website.
How has my thinking changed as a result of this work? I have thought very positive and encouraged myself to do it well.
What skills have I learned and developed? How to use nearly all the tools on gimp.
Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities? Yes for any things on the computer.
What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome? When you go onto a new thing on gimp can’t go back and change things. I had to do the things right after.
How did I use the strengths of others to help me? I asked them of what they thought of my poster.
What do I know about this?
Have I encountered anything like this before?
What questions can I ask to help me understand what is required?
What skills and knowledge will I be using?
What is the task?
What do I need in order to do this?
Explain the task in your own words
Investigate some examples.
What are the obstacles?
Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work?
How will I know that I have completed the task?
How many ideas can I think of?
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea.
Is there another way to do this?
What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with?
What do other people think about this?
Which is the best idea?
Explain your reasons for choosing these. What the arguments for and against each idea?
Which idea is the best one for completing the task?
What is my plan?
How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones?
Let’s do it!
Am I doing this correctly?
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan.
How well did I do?
What have I done?
What have I done really well?
Could I have done it better? What areas need improvement?
Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others?
Let’s tell someone!
What is the best way to present this to my audience?
What should I say to ensure my audience understands?
How do I interest my audience in my ideas?
Do I have the right information to get my message across to my audience?
What have I learned?
How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task?
What knowledge have I learned?
Can this knowledge be used elsewhere?
How has my thinking changed as a result of this work?
What skills have I learned and developed?
Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities?
What problems did I have to solve?
How did I use the strengths of others to help me?
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